Changed baby formula...could it make baby feel poorly?

I changed Lily's milk from SMA gold to cow and gate because she had been a sicky baby. HV told us to try SMA staydown but Lily didn't get on with it - tried lots of teats and Lily either couldn't get any milk out or she ended up getting herself in a state when it all cam out too quick! HV said try cow and gate just to see if that milk stayed down better...so 2 days in she is now grumbling on and off and will randomly call out while asleep and gives us such a 'sad' cry. I ca't settle her then it suddenly passes. Could it be the milk giving her belly ache? Will it last forever? Shall I put her back on SMA gold? HV isn't helpful at all and just says it's trial and error and that I should try different things to see what works!

You could try ringing the C&G helpline. I rang the aptamil helpline cause Cole has been sicky lately and I wo ndered if it could be connected to switching ot follow on formula and the aptimil lady was very nice and helpful.

Other than that the only thing I can suggest is to persevere a for a little while longer to allow time for the other milk to get out of her system. Having never changed formula brand I can't suggest anything useful really!

My daughter Keira was on cow and gate and she couldnt settle well with it so we changed her milk to farley and shes been fine ever since, changing milk wont affect ur lo but its sounds like shes got mild colic like keira had, she still suffered from it now and again but not much, i still give her infacol just to help her along a bit and its does work

Hi She has infacol already but had been really good since having it, then as we changed milk I noticed the crying out again but she doesn't draw her legs up like last time! Argh! Formula is such a minefield!

Hi, changing the formula can affect you LO. I tried SMA gold first & he hated it so I moved onto C&G which was fine but then I had a guilt trip that I wasn't buying the best as everyone said Aptimil was best (but I though it was too pricey) so I change to Aptimil which actually made my LO vomit violently after each feed! so I changed back to C&G & he was fine again. I then changed to C&G comfort as he started with wind problems & then I changed to HIPP follow on when he stopped having wind problems (as HIPP is cheap & organic!).I have a friend who used to bring up her feeds until her mum changed formula brands & that's why I changed back to C&G.FYI, my LO was BF for the first 4 months then started on formulaHope that's of help.xxx

Thanks. I think I'll stick it out over the weekend and if she seems unhappy still then I'll go back to SMA gold. Me and the washing machine will have to cope with all the sick as it didn't seem to bother Lily too much!

We started Kieran on aptamil as this was the milk the hospital gave us, as I wasn't producing enough milk for him to be breastfed. (He lost 12% of his birth weight and had to go back into hospital to be fed by a tube)We then changed him on to SMA gold as the aptamil did not seem to be feeding him. (Suggested by the hv) He took to the change in milk ok but it did make him constipated and took him a while for it to Seattle. This still this did not seem to be feeding him so we put him on the hungry baby feed. This also made him break out in spots. When I mentioned this to the hv he told me that I should not keep swapping the milk over and to stick it out. Which I was not happy with.

When he had his check up with the doctor I mentioned the spots which have been spreading and that the milk is the only thing I can link it to he told me to change it back and see how I get on. I've now put him on aptamil hungry baby feed. It took him about a week to get used to the change, at first he did not want to take his bottle and was a bit grizzly but he's fine now and the spots are going. He doesn't have trouble having a poo like he did with SMA. I think you have to use your own judgement and do what you and what your baby seems happy with. Give your her a chance to get used to the change in milk and if you're not happy with her reaction to the milk then change it but also speak to your hv.

I would stick it out a few days, it might not even be the milk and if it is, it'll probably pass. I changed Gabe from SMA gold to SMA white and he was unsettled and constipated for a couple of days, however it then passed and he was absolutely fine & if anything his poos are runnier on sma white lol!! x

Are you trying normal C&G or the comfort version? Lily has reflux doen't she?It could be the reflux causing her a bit of jip. If I remember correctly the H.V mentioned Gaviscon to you. It might be Lily needs that to help her settle. Our Lily used comfort which was thicker formula but she was able to take it well from a normal teat.I would stick with it hon. It will probably take her tummy a little while to get used to it. Plus she has had a couple of different formulas to try in the past couple of weeks so she might just need a bit of time.

HV said just try normal cow and gate at first. She's been grumpy all day and keeps crying out occasionally. We still have sick but not as much as when she was on the SMA gold. I think we will end up with gaviscon! Not keen on trying the comfort because she couldn't suck from her bottle with the sma staydown and I'm worried that will happen again.